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she was mormon and so was her suitor, named george romney, who kept coming out to california to pursue her. and so she gave up a lucrative contract to follow him back home. at a detroit prep school, their youngest son mitt was a jokester, a member of the pep club. at liberal berkeley university, he made headlines for protesting against the people who were sitting in against the vietnam war. but romney deferred military service to fulfill his mormon duty and served as a missionary in france. and while he was away, it was his father who guided the love of his son's life, ann davies, in her conversion into the church. >> she's done the most important task in our family, by far, which is that she took primary responsibility for raising five extraordinary sons. >> reporter: their devotion to their faith so strong, in 1981, romney told a fellow bain executive, he was planning to give nearly half of his salary to the church. in an earlier interview, i was curious about the fact he doesn't drink caffeine. >> the church says no coffee or tea, it doesn't literally say caffeine. >> reporter: it d
she was mormon and so was her suitor, named george romney, who kept coming out to california to pursue her. and so she gave up a lucrative contract to follow him back home. at a detroit prep school, their youngest son mitt was a jokester, a member of the pep club. at liberal berkeley university, he made headlines for protesting against the people who were sitting in against the vietnam war. but romney deferred military service to fulfill his mormon duty and served as a missionary in france. and...
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driving the ambulance was a worker that came from california to help out during the storm. when they said they were headed to mt. sinai hospital, he said, how do you get there? and while navigating the streets, part of a tree came crashing down on the ambulance. they got there, and 40 minutes later, baby micah was born. so, how is micah? >> oh, he's beautiful. he's awesome. >> reporter: there are so many families like them, touched by the kindness, the bravery of others. >> there's no words i have to thank them for what they did for us. >> reporter: this mom and dad and their baby, just six hours old, were also carried out of that darkened hospital. >> pretty amazing. saw them just dripping with sweat and carrying women that couldn't walk down the stairs. >> reporter: you were the welcoming committee. >> that's right. >> reporter: this was the team waiting at lenox hill hospital, taking in patients. >> there's no practice for this, never. >> reporter: no practice, but perseverance and pride in what they were doing in those dark hours. happy ending, right? >> absolutely. it'
driving the ambulance was a worker that came from california to help out during the storm. when they said they were headed to mt. sinai hospital, he said, how do you get there? and while navigating the streets, part of a tree came crashing down on the ambulance. they got there, and 40 minutes later, baby micah was born. so, how is micah? >> oh, he's beautiful. he's awesome. >> reporter: there are so many families like them, touched by the kindness, the bravery of others. >>...
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look at them, there are three, back-to-back-to-back aimed directly at that area from about redding, california, to seattle. one hits now, another tomorrow and then the major flooding rains begin, a third hits on the weekend. what i want you to see in this picture are that all of that warm water around hawaii shoves in and you've got 8 inches to even 12 inches of rain in some places, raising fears of flooding and mudslides. this is what that amount of rain did just last week. and it isn't just torrential rain and mountain snow, but the wind will be remarkable. you can see here, easily they could top 75 miles per hour and blast past 100 miles per hour in some of the mountain passes. diane, what makes this extra remarkable is this atmospheric river different than others we've seen. could be one of the longest of the decade. so that includes all of those risks of damage making it even greater. >> day after day after day, as one storm after another piles in. thank you so much, ginger zee reporting in. >>> and still ahead, right here on "world news," made in america christmas is back. what you can s
look at them, there are three, back-to-back-to-back aimed directly at that area from about redding, california, to seattle. one hits now, another tomorrow and then the major flooding rains begin, a third hits on the weekend. what i want you to see in this picture are that all of that warm water around hawaii shoves in and you've got 8 inches to even 12 inches of rain in some places, raising fears of flooding and mudslides. this is what that amount of rain did just last week. and it isn't just...
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. >>> tonight california pollution credits go up for bid a tempts to fight global warming or a tax that will wipe out jobs? >> it's a race against the clock in a mud ravaged neighborhood of daily city. they're shoring up the hillside. >> we're live in san francisco where they're having problems getting power back on. following a fire that has been out for hours. >> in lake ta show, some of the slopes are open. i'll show you what it's like coming up. >> if california controversial contribution to the fight against climate change. business that's can't meet the state new cap on pollution can now trade with those that can. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> the goal to reduce global warming but the program could translate to big money for cash-strapped california. abc 7 news has the story to sacramento. >> in an ebay like auction, california took kids bidz for pollution credits for oil refineries. under the legislation, credits from this program allow businesses to emit a certain amount of green house gases. it could net
. >>> tonight california pollution credits go up for bid a tempts to fight global warming or a tax that will wipe out jobs? >> it's a race against the clock in a mud ravaged neighborhood of daily city. they're shoring up the hillside. >> we're live in san francisco where they're having problems getting power back on. following a fire that has been out for hours. >> in lake ta show, some of the slopes are open. i'll show you what it's like coming up. >> if...
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just moments ago, the national park service verified this cross stood over mojave desert in southern california missing two years now. the subject of a battle. we found it today on the peninsula. good evening. >> we sent a camera to the scene after getting a tip and found that missing cross on skyline boulevard in san mateo county. david louie is there and joins us live to pick up the story. david? >> what a story it is. this cross is famous and it's been the subject of a lawsuit over 10 years that went to the u.s. supreme court over the separation of church and state. nobody knows how long
just moments ago, the national park service verified this cross stood over mojave desert in southern california missing two years now. the subject of a battle. we found it today on the peninsula. good evening. >> we sent a camera to the scene after getting a tip and found that missing cross on skyline boulevard in san mateo county. david louie is there and joins us live to pick up the story. david? >> what a story it is. this cross is famous and it's been the subject of a lawsuit...